This document discusses equality and inequality in India. It covers types of inequality like gender, income, education, caste/religion. It discusses government efforts to promote equality like constitutional rights and affirmative action. However, inequality still persists in many forms like gender-based abortion, increasing rich-poor gap and lack of safety for women. While progress has been made in recent years through education, reforms and development programs, achieving true equality remains a challenge and work still needs to be done.

2. CONTENTS
 Equality
 The myth
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 The reality
 Types of inequality
 The struggle for equality in India
 Government efforts
 Current scenario
 Reasons for inequality
 Progress in recent years
 People who broke barriers
 Is India justful ?

3. Equality
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 the state or quality of being equal correspondence in
quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability.
 "The craving for equality can express itself either as a
desire to pull everyone down to our own level (by
belittling them, excluding them, tripping them up) or
as a desire to raise ourselves up along with everyone
else (by acknowledging them, helping them, and
rejoicing in their success)."
 -Friedrich Nietzsche

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5. The reality
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 Ms' Roy criticised Indian society as the most “rotten” in the world
with its people failing to fight against injustice.
 According to a study in India by an Indo-Canadian team of
researchers, about 5,00,000 female foetuses have been aborted
annually.
 Income gap between the rich and the poor increasing day by day .
 Recent survey stated India as the most unsafe place for women.
 Literacy rate growing by just 1.74% p.a and India is on the 6th rank
with 74.4% literacy in 2011.
 Lower GDP rate . Farmers committing suicide.
 Taslima Nasreen is not allowed in any Muslim country because of
her secular thoughts in a book.

6. Types of inequalities
Gender 
Income
Education
Caste /religion
Racism
Social
Economic inequality

7. Females are considered as the weaker
sections.
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Religious riots are increasing day by
day
The gap between rich and the poor is
widening
Caste system still persists in rural
areas.
Education reservations
Income gap between males and females

8. The Struggle for Equality in
India
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JYOTIRAO PHULE and SAVITRIBAI PHULE : female education
LOKMANYA TILAK : GANESH UTSAV to unite Indians.
GOPAL KRISHNA GOKHALE : encouraged Indian education.
RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY : sati , caste rigidity

9. Government efforts
right to equality
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 Right to equality is an important right provided for in Articles 14, 15,
16, 17 and 18 of the constitution to bring equality in the country.
 It is the principal foundation of all other rights and liberties, and
guarantees the following:
 Social equality and equal access to public areas: Article 15 of the
constitution states that no person shall be discriminated on the basis of
caste, colour, language etc. Every person shall have equal access to
public places like public parks, museums, wells, bathing Ghats and
temples etc. However, the State may make any special provision for
women and children. Special provisions may be made for the
advancements of any socially or educationally backward class
or scheduled castes or scheduled tribes.

10. Government efforts
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 Equality before law: Article 14 of the constitution guarantees that all
citizens shall be equally protected by the laws of the country.
 Equality in matters of public employment: Article 16 of the constitution
lays down that the State cannot discriminate against anyone in the matters
of employment. All citizens can apply for government jobs.
 Abolition of untouchability: Article 17 of the constitution abolishes the
practice of untouchability. Practice of untouchability is an offense and
anyone doing so is punishable by law.
 Abolition of Titles: Article 18 of the constitution prohibits the State from
conferring any titles. Citizens of India cannot accept titles from a foreign
State.[The British government had created an aristocratic class known
as Rai and Khan Bahadurs in India — these titles were also abolished.

11. Current scenario
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14. Reasons for inequality
1.
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Psychology of people
2. Universal believe about females
3. Lack of education
4. Corruption
5. Reservation
6. Migration
7. Inheritance
8. Casual behavior of government

15. Progress in recent years
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MTP laws have been more strict .
Satyamev Jayate has had a great
positive impact
Reservations are reformed
Education is being encouraged
Caste inequalities are being eradicated
Poor people are given priority
Standard of living has improved

16. People who broke the barriers
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 Kiran Bedi
 Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
 Sania Mirza
 Babasaheb Ambedkar
 Kalpana Chawla

17. Is India Justful ??
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When it comes to equality in India, it is
still an idea or a dream to be pursued
and not the real fact.
There are still many more steps to be
taken to actually make it exist in reality
India cannot progress or succeed unless
and until we obtain equality in all aspects
or the sectors of economy.

18. THANK YOU
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Rikkin Patel 308
Ankita Popli 316
Uday Powar 317
Titiksha Rajput 324
Nehali Shewale 345